Ntozake Shange
American playwright and poet (1948–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ntozake Shange (/ˌɛntoʊˈzɑːki ˈʃɑːŋɡeɪ/ EN-toh-ZAH-kee SHAHNG-Ê;[1] October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) was an American playwright and poet.[2] As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award–winning play, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975). She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl run away from home.
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Born | Paulette Linda Williams (1948-10-18)October 18, 1948 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | October 27, 2018(2018-10-27) (aged 70) Bowie, Maryland, U.S. |
Education | Columbia University (BA) University of Southern California (MA) |
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Known for | for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975) |
Relatives | Ifa Bayeza (sister) Bisa Williams (sister) |
Website | officialntozakeshange |
Among Shange's honors and awards were fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, a Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, and a Pushcart Prize. In April 2016, Barnard College announced that it had acquired Shange's archive.[3]